Attorneys for family of George Floyd are set to announce a civil lawsuit Wednesday against the city of Minneapolis and the police officers involved in his death.
Attorney Ben Crump planned a late-morning news conference in Minneapolis to detail the lawsuit.
Floyd, a Black man who was handcuffed, died May 25 after Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, pressed his knee against Floyd’s neck for nearly eight minutes as Floyd said he couldn’t breathe. Chauvin is charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter.
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Three other officers at the scene Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Kueng are charged with aiding and abetting both second-degree murder and manslaughter.
All four officers were fired the day after Floyd’s death, which set off protests that spread around the world and turned into a national reckoning on race in America.
Floyd’s death also sparked calls to abolish the Minneapolis Police Department and replace it with a new public safety department. A majority of City Council members support the move, saying the department has a long history and culture of brutality that has resisted change.
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A public hearing was planned later Wednesday on the proposal, which requires a change in the city’s charter that could go to voters in November.
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